ZIFF 2016 prize-awarded movies
Watatu
Nick Reding
Kenya 2015
72 min
Golden Dhow Award – best Feature in the Festival & European African Film Festival Award & SIGNIS PRIZE 2016
Watatu, made by Kenya’s leading arts for social change organization – SAFE Kenya – examines the rise of radicalization amongst young Muslims in Mombasa. Part drama, part documentary, and written in part by the citizens of Mombasa.
Kariakoo
Freddy Feruzi
Tanzania 2016
30 min
Bongo Movies Awards: Best Cinematographer (Freddy Feruzi)
A young man who tries to make it right to his unofficial fiancé with an engagement ring, found himself in the hands of thieves in the streets of Kariakoo.
Macarrao
Iyabo Kwayana
Brazil 2015
19 min
Portuguese with English subtitles
Sembene Ousmane Award
A joyful adolescent but misfit boy obsessed with proving himself to the tough kids in the neighborhood must face the person that threatens his own strength.
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